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The seven Gryffindors came into the classroom, where Horace Slughorn was waiting for them.
"Goodmorning everyone! Welcome back!" Slughorn boomed over the class."I'm glad to see you back again! And may I say, I'm absolutely delighted of the seven of you for keeping me wanting to teach!" he pointed at Lily, James, Moony, Sirius, Annie, Hannah and Alex.
"We're just glad to be back Professor." replied Alex charmingly while the other girls blushed.
"Well, last year in Hogwarts aren't we Ms. Hernandez?"
"Yes sir, and I'm looking forward to it." Alex kept on talking.
"Always so charming aren't you?" Slughorn said fondly."Well, we all know that your N.E.W.T.s are this year, and we very well know that this decides your future." he addressed to the class.
"What will we be learning Professor?" asked Lily eagerly.
"Now, now, Lily, don't get me all excited to blab on and on to think that my favorite student is too eager." he said.
"I am sir!"
"Alright. This year, we will have Felix Felicis as a project. It is particularly hard to brew, and very long too. Now, we group you into partners."
Everyone grew tense, even the Slytherins. Horace Slughorn may have had favorites, but he was known for his outrageous groupings, he, knowing his students very well and trying to fix up fights, which resulted to even nastier enemy relationships.
"Alrighty. Here are your partners. I hope you approve, because they'll be your partners for the whole year, when needed." he said, flicking his wand and a piece of parchment appeared at the board.
Everyone scrambled to their feet, trying to get a first look at it.
The parchment read:
Lily Evans(Gryffindor), James Potter(Gryffindor)
Severus Snape(Slytherin),Annielyn Ysobel(Gryffindor)
Alexandra Hernandez(Gryffindor), Sirius Black(Gryffindor)
Gertrude Shale(Hufflepuff), Hannah Cartress(Gryffindor)
Remus Lupin(Gryffindor), Engrad Avery(Slytherin)
Alice Silver(Ravenclaw), Frank Longbottom(Gryffindor)
Ella Madris(Ravenclaw), Timothy Shuter(Ravenclaw)
"Excuse me?"Alex said as she saw who she was partners with.
Sirius smiled when he saw it, but grimaced as he saw Alex's reaction.
"Poor Annie, being partnered with Sev."Lily whispered to Alex. "You know that she's the one that hated me being friends withe him the most excluding James."
"Poor Annie?? Are you serious? Sirius! And poor Annie?" Alex exclaimed.
"At least your with him, I don't even want to imagine him with a Slytherin, might kill them all."
"I'd rather have that! And you're the only one who has the partner she wanted, and Alice and Frank." Alex said grumpily.
"Can you believe it? Engrad Avery." Remus said gravely to the two girls."I don't even know why he's here. The whole lot of Slytherin are all trollheads except for Snape."
"Not that bad. At least you can order him around." Alex said encouragingly.
On the other side of the room, James and Sirius were muttering in low voices.
"She's absolutely furious." Sirius confided.
"No, she's not. Just stop being..a fatheaded jerk to girls and you'll be okay." James laughed.
"Way to make a mate feel better, Prongs." Sirius smiled.
"Well, I'm happy."
"Of course you are, you got paired with Lily."
"Yeah, I am." James said, puffing his chest out.
"You little-" Sirius started to say, until Slughorn told them to get back to their seats.
"Well now, shall we all begin then?" Slughorn said.
They all went to their partners and sat on their chairs stiffly.
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"That was exhausting." said Lily, sitting down on the lumpy cushion in the Gryffindor common room.
"No, it wasn't. You just kept looking at James with your mouth open, and that's why you're tired." Alex said.
"Yeah." Hannah agreed.
The portarait hole slammed open and the three Marauders came in. Peter was missing again.
James traipsed over to Lily and sat on the arm of her chair.
"That was a good lesson Lilyflower." he teased.
"Yeah, great," Sirius muttered.
"What's wrong Sirius? You seem sadder today. Usually, you're bouncing up and down until the end of the day." Alex observed.
"Oh look. We have a Hogsmeade weekend." Sirius said, pointing to the reminder on the notice board.
"He's ignoring me Lily. That's a whole lot suspicious." Alex whispered.
"He's trying to get at you like that probably."
"Well, I'm happy."
"Will you go to Hogsmeade with me Alex?" Sirius said tentatively.
"Yeah sure." Alex said, before she knew what she was saying.
"Really?" Sirius said, looking startled.
"Yeah." she said, still not registering what she was saying.
"What about you Lily? Want to go out with me while they're out too?" James asked hopefully.
Lily grinned and said, "Yeah, I'd love to."
James smiled back at her."Excellent."
"I think I'll head up to have a little nap." Alex said suddenly.
"Why?" asked Annie.
"I didn't have a very good sleep."
"I'll go with you. So that I can do the essay that Slughorn wants done," offered Lily.
"Thanks." said Alex as she stood up, heading for the girls dormitory.
Lily followed and they disappeared. Annie and Hannah followed uninvited, leaving James, Sirius and Remus together.
"YES!" James nad Sirius shouted as they made sure that the girls couldn't hear them.
"Happy now aren't you?" laughed Remus.
"Very! I've worked most of my life for a date with Lily!" James said, jumping on the armchair where Lily just left.
"And I've liked to get a date with Alex when she denied me three years ago." Sirius chimed in.
"Well, I'm glad you're happy." Remus said quietly and started to read a book, but he was always disturbed by James and Sirius.
"C'mon Moony, you must like someone. Choose between those girls. Annie or Hannah, they're both good looking." James persuaded.
"You swore not to say that I liked Hannah!" Remus threatened.
"But, Moony, we're just so lonely to think that you'll be here all alone." Sirius said innocently.
"Yeah Moony." and James and Sirius put their heads beside each other and made baby faces at Moony.
"Stop it, will you?" Moony said, trying hard not to give in.
"What're you gonna do Moony?" Sirius said, grabbing the book out of Remus' hands.
"Oy! Give that back" Remus said, racing around the room after Sirius, who was to quick for him.
"No, not until you ask Hannah!"
"Ask me what?" said Hannah, who appeared at the steps leading to the girls dormitories.
"Moony has something to say to you." James said, pushing Remus over to her.
"What's that?" Hannah asked brightly.
"Willugwibmehogmead?" Remus said quickly, suddenly his palms sweaty.
"Huh?"
"Hogsmeade? With me? That ok?" said Remus, regaining his composure.
"Really? Yeah! I'd love to!" Hannah said enthusiastically.
"Yeah?" Remus asked again stupidly.
"Yeah, I'm all for it!" she said getting her back then vanished up the stairs again.
"See? Wasn't that easy Moony?" Sirius asked, throwing the book at the back of Remus' head.
"That hurt!" Moony said, rubbing the back of his neck."And no, that was not easy. I don't have the same experience as you guys!"
"Well, that was a good start." James pointed out.
"Yeah. I mean, that's how we started, didn't we James? Only, James only practiced with Lily." Said Sirius smugly.
"Yup. And proud of it" James said arrogantly.
"Right" Moony said, picking up the book and started reading again.
"There's no stopping him is there?" Sirius asked James hopelessly.
"No, there is not." Moony replied from behind the book.
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A/N-Okay, tell me what you think!! It was so hard to think of what would happen next, cause there's so much happening. Reviews please! Because you know I love them! XOXO...
